U+BCE5 "볥" Hangul Syllable Byelt Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
볥
U+BCE5 "볥" Hangul Syllable Byelt is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script used for writing the Korean language, representing the phonetic value "byelt." This character is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅂ" (bieup), the medial vowel "ㅕ" (yeo), and the final consonant "ㄹㅌ" (rieul and tieut) as a complex batchim (jongseong), although such a sequence is rare and unusual in standard Korean phonology. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, U+BCE5 allows for the efficient encoding of the Korean writing system by providing a single codepoint for this specific syllable, facilitating digital text processing and display across compatible systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BCE5 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Byelt |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "볘" U+BCD8 Hangul Syllable Bye "ᆴ" U+11B4 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Thieuth |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 볥 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 볥 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB3 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBCE5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BCE5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubce5 |